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what is the best anti virus protection you can buy that does take a lot of ram? i have tried the free ones and does seam to do the job

THE FREE ONES I TRIED WERE AVG AND AVAST sorry for cap.
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chr1sk10 | 2 years, 3 months ago
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I've heard really good things about Eset Nod32, but I don't have any first hand experience with it.

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nbmiii | 2 years, 3 months ago
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I don't know which free ones you have tried but having used quite a few of all anti virus (AVG, Bit defender, Norton, McAfee, Trend Micro, and others the one I've found that causes the least problems(freeze, lag, crashes) and catches the most Malware is Microsoft Security Essentials(which is free). Keep in mind that antivirus programs work best against Viruses and not as well against other malware such as Trojans, Worms, Bombs, and malicious adware. Now I have found no program that will provide 100% protection. My recommendation is to use Microsoft security Essentials, and about once every one to 2 weeks run a scan with Microsoft Live One care Free scan(will detect malware and also problems with your registry), and after ensuring your system is at it's best install Steady state this is basically a restore program that is supposed to recover from even serious infections. You also may want to install and run such programs as Spy-bot Search and destroy, and Ad-aware by Lavasoft.

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ferg2kk | 2 years, 3 months ago
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Well, I considered your question and I think there are two ways to interpret it. So I looked at both AVG free edition (http://free.avg.com/) and Avast free edition (http://www.avast.com/) since you mentioned using them.

First I guessed that you asking about the minimum system requirements. AVG requires a minimum of 512 MB of RAM. Avast requires a meager 128 MB of RAM to install. Most modern computer have 1 GB of RAM, so this shouldn't be a problem.

The other thing is that you might be having a problem with it running to slowly. I hate to break it to you, but they will never run quickly. The problem is that anti-virus program check most or all of your hard drive for problems. Other programs usually open a few files, load them into RAM, and then only save them at intervals. This means that regular programs don't mess with the hard drive any more than necessary..But since anti-virus program read lots of files on the drive, they will always run slowly and cause your whole computer to slow down. There is no such thing as a fast, thorough anti-virus scan.

Normally AVG and Avast are acceptable to most users. I am not suggesting any alternatives. Could you clarify if I have interpreted your question correctly?

I hope I have been helpful.

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